Investment
Canadian Apartment Magazine
BGO to bolster U.S. multifamily holdings
BentallGreenOak will pump up its multifamily holdings in the United States through a deal for its parent company, Sun Life Financial, to acquire Bell Partners and a portfolio of roughly 70,000 apartments.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Welltower-Amica deal gets regulatory clearance
Welltower Inc. has obtained regulatory clearance to complete the $4.6-billion acquisition of the Amica Senior Lifestyles portfolio more than 12 months after the deal was announced.
REMI Network
QuadReal affirms conviction to U.K. self-storage
QuadReal Property Group has acquired a portfolio of 27 self-storage properties in the United Kingdom to be operated by its new joint venture partner, Clear Sky Capital.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Ontario Teachers’ forges German partnership
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has acquired four fully leased multifamily properties in Germany through a newly launched joint venture with Munich-headquartered DW Effectum Residential.
Canadian Property Management
Tourism promoters make pitch to CRE investors
Tourism promoters recently pitched Canada as a destination for investment returns at MIPIM, the international gathering of property professionals occurring annually in Cannes, France.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Chartwell divests to do Sifton portfolio deal
Chartwell will sell off its Clair Hills retirement residence in Waterloo, Ontario, to get Competition Bureau Canada’s okay to acquire a six-building portfolio from Sifton Properties.
REMI Network
New partners shop for industrial outdoor storage
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (La Caisse) and Sagard Real Estate are partnering to invest in industrial outdoor storage facilities near major U.S. seaports.
Canadian Property Management
Resurgent office market lures back lenders
The financial services sector provides dual momentum for Canada’s resurgent office market — as a tenant ramping up demand for space;, and as a lender loosening access to capital.
Canadian Property Management
CPP Investments inks Nordic data centre deal
CPP Investments is furthering its collaboration with the global digital infrastructure company, Equinix, through joint acquisition of the atNorth data centre portfolio, stretching across five Nordic nations.
Construction Business
B.C. business leaders slam PST expansion
Key business leaders across B.C., including those in engineering, are calling on the government to scrap the PST expansion.
Canadian Property Management
Canada sees institutional investment uptick
Institutional investment in Canadian commercial real estate began to rebound last year, while a lower-than-usual share of outbound capital went to the United States.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian real estate underperforms globally
The MSCI REALPAC Canada Property Index pegs the 2025 all-asset average total return at 1.3 per cent across 50 portfolios collectively valued at roughly CAD $160 billion.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Reinvesting for the future
As evidenced by the 2025 MAC Award winners, strategic capital upgrades are essential to sustaining long-term asset performance in today's uncertain market.
Canadian Property Management
Feds reiterate tax obligations for insurers
Current terminology in Canada's rule specifying foreign accrual property income (FAPI) for insurers creates inadvertent wiggle room around investment income from their foreign affiliates.
Canadian Property Management
Industrial market dips, but avoids slide in 2025
Canada’s industrial market posted nearly 6.9 million square feet of positive absorption in a year when 23 million square feet of new inventory arrived.
Canadian Property Management
Joint venture eyes value-add industrial assets
CPP Investments will acquire a 90 per cent stake in a portfolio of 12 Canadian warehouse fulfillment centres through a new joint venture with Dream Industrial REIT.
Canadian Property Management
CRE feeling climate action pressure from cities
Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal are among 75 world cities seen to be exerting some degree of climate action pressure on the commercial real estate sector.
